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Unit Title: Shades of Theme: Color in The Great Gatsby Grade Level(s):
Subject/Topic Area(s): English - Reading & Literature
Key Words: Theme, Representation, Color, Film, Literature, Art, Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, the Roaring Twenties
Designed by: Russell Warren Time Frame: Roughy 5 weeks
School District: RSU 9 School: Mount Blue High

Brief Summary of Unit

Film and literature go hand in hand in our modern world. It's rare to find a well-known and influential piece of fiction to not have a representation on the big or small screen. However, it's important to realize that the two mediums are different, and that each representation bring something different to the interpretation of the content. Using F. Scott Fitzgerald's heralded piece of American fiction, The Great Gatsby, and using color as a vehicle to look at representation, the entire unit will be focused on three main facets: 1) The context of the time period Fitzgerald created the novel, 2) The importance of color and how it is used, and 3) The usage of theme and choice in representing content. All of the unit assignments will be focused on of these three main points, having them dissect and investigate information, and will culminate in a major unit project where the students themselves create their own interpretation of a scene in the novel.